Restrict 'anonymous FTP'

[Amod Phadke]

Is there any way I can restrict an anonymous FTP user from deleting the files in a directory ? But the user should be allowed to put (create) files in the same directory.

[Michael Tully]

You could probably get away with using restricted ftp as opposed to anonymous ftp. Have a look at the man page for 'ftpaccess' in the section that describes delete.

delete no guest
overwrite yes guest,anonymous

[Amod Phadke]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your reply but I am using HP-UX 10.20 and there is no 'ftpaccess' procision in HP.

Thanks

[Michael Tully · Accepted solution]

Have a look here:

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Networking/FTP/wu_ftpd-2.6.1/

[S.K. Chan]

Imposing restriction on an anonymous FTP access is (in my opinion) rather pointless. You can't restrict it as such in the same directory. The closest you may get is implement an anonymous FTP sub-login, ie another level of authentication within the already active ftp session thus bringing the user to a specific designated directory defines in ~ftp/etc/passwd but it does not gives you the flexibility plus there is a lot of individual sub-accounts you need to setup. I do not even want to suggest that solution.

[Amod Phadke]

Hi Michael,

I was able to setup 'wu-ftpd' successfully with all the features I wanted. Thanks a lot for your help.

AMOD.